Liberation Library: Liberation Library (LibLib) is a Chicago-based and volunteer-led prison abolition organization that provides books & youth-led magazines to incarcerated young people in Illinois including all five state-run youth facilities and over six county juvenile detention centers. As an abolitionist group, they build towards a future without prisons and jails. Until then, they work with impacted young people to support them in developing their imagination, leadership skills, self-determination, and connections with each other and to outside worlds of their choosing. [Website] [IG]
Library Defense: A library supporters group standing in defense of libraries, library workers, and the freedom to read. [IG]
Niles Coalition: Leftist social justice oriented organization in Niles supporting campaigns fighting book bans, supporting libraries and fighting attacks on educators. [Website] [IG]
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